Ho, Ghana

Ho
City
View of Ho from Northern hills
View of Ho from Northern hills
Ho is located in Ghana
Ho
Ho
Location of Ho in Volta Region
Coordinates: 6°36′41″N 0°28′13″E / 6.61139°N 0.47028°E / 6.61139; 0.47028
Country Ghana
RegionVolta Region
DistrictHo Municipal District
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
96,213[1]
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT
postal code
VH
Area code036
Websitehma.gov.gh Edit this at Wikidata

Ho is the capital of the Ho Municipal District and the Volta Region of Ghana.[2] The city lies between Mount Adaklu and Mount Galenukui or Togo Atakora Range, and is home to the Volta Regional Museum, a cathedral, and a prison.[3] The city is the capital of unrecognised Western Togoland.[4] It was formerly the administrative capital of British Togoland now part of the Volta Region. The population of Ho Municipality according to the 2010 Population and Housing Census is 177,281 representing 8.4 percent of the region's total population. Females constitute 52.7 percent and males represent 47.3 percent. The population in Ho grew up to 180,420 National Population Census. About 62 percent of the population resides in urban localities. The Municipality shares boundaries with Adaklu and Agotime-Ziope Districts to the South, Ho West District to the North and West and the Republic of Togo to the East (see Figure 1.1). Its total land area is 2,361 square kilometers (912 sq mi) thus representing 11.5 percent of the region's total land area.[5]

  1. ^ "World Gazetteer online". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Ho Circuit Court denies bail for 21 suspected LGBT members and activists - MyJoyOnline.com". MyJoyOnline. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Touring Ghana – Volta Region". Touring Ghana. 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  4. ^ Group to declare 'Volta region' independence on May 9, 2017 (Graphic News), Graphic Ghana.
  5. ^ 2010 population & housing census - Ho Municipal (PDF) (Report). Ghana Statistical Service. 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2024.